Improvement in stoves



W. 0. DAVIS. Stove.

No. 218,367. Patented Aug. 12, 1879.

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MZLQQMW N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM C. DAVIS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

lM PROVEMENT lN- STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,367, dated August1-2, 1879; applicationfiled November 18, 1878.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. DAVIS, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stoves; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use it,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of acookingstove, showing the application of my improvements. Fig. 2 is atop-plan view of the ashpit with the hearth removed, and showing asection of the stove-plates. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the ash-pit andhearth and a horizontal section of the front stove-plates and Fig. 4 isa perspective view, showing one end of the hearth.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in the severalfigures of the drawings.

This invention relates to stoves which have pivoted hearth-plates, whichmay be turned aside, so as to uncover the hearth and afford support forutensils.

The nature of said invention consists in combining a hearth extendingacross the whole front of the stove, and having all parts of its surfacein the same horizontal plane, said hearth being provided with a raisedrim and sloping sides, with a pair of pivoted plates, which cover theentire hearth when turned inward, but uncover the entire hearth whenturned outward, the said hearth and plates being constructed in suchmanner that it is not necessary to lift either of the latter beforeturning it horizontally inward or outward on its pivot.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my improvements applied to acooking-stove; but they are also applicable to ranges and other stoves.

A represents a cooking-stove of an established pattern, and B the bottomor hearth plate. Instead of casting this plate with wide side flanges orwings each side the front door 0, I make it in the form of a panextending across the entire front of the stove, and having a narrowguide rim or flange, 0?, around its edge to support and guide thehearth.

By this construction a hearth-plate of large capacity is producedwithout surplus metal, and with its whole area utilized to receive theaccumulation of ashes from beneath the grate in the fire-pot. Its uppersurface is regular and even to receive a hearth, and when the hearth isin place the whole has a neat and finished appearance. The sides of thehearthplate are beveled inward, so that the ashes can be easily removed,and so as to avoid the presentation of sharp exterior angles andvertical walls to inconvenience persons working about the stove.

The hearth is composed of a long rectangular plate, E, pivoted at aninner angle to either side of the hearth-plate, as shown at m, and ashorter plate, F, of corresponding width, similarly pivoted to theopposite inner corner of the hearth-plate at 12. These two plates whenswung up to their places over the hearth-plate and against or under thestove-doors form an unbroken hearth of uniform level, supported by thehearth-plate at the outer edges, and of a size to practically cover suchplate. The uniform level of the plate adapts it to receive variousuntensils without tipping them or interfering with their being movedfrom side to side. When the hearth is swung off the hearth-plate ituncovers the latter wholly without leaving a wide flange on either side.The smallest plate of the hearth is formed with a rabbet, g, on itsinner edge to support the proximate edge of the longest plate when thetwo are swung together to form the hearth.

To uncover the hearth-plate both parts of the hearth .are swung open,turning on their pivots at m n, and their outward movements are limitedby stops h on the under side of each striking against the end walls ofthe bottom plate.

I am aware that double swinging hearths have been used upon a wingedhearth-plate or ash-pan of a heating-stove, the hearths being of equalsize, and only about one-fourth part of each covering the ash-pan, andthat enlarged ash-pans have been made without the swinging hearths; butneither of these constitutes my invention, because in neither is foundthe enlarged ash-pan and the swinging hrarth In combination with ahearth-plate, B, excombined and constructedoo opm'atn as l ham: tendingacross the tmntof the stove from side described. to side, and providedwith a, raised rim and I do not broadly claim a lienrtli-plntr rxslopingsides, tlwplates EF, movable h0riz0ntending along the whole front ofthov stow, tally withontlii'ting,substantially as set fortln 1101' a,laterallyturning hearth, nor a, hem'th- W. G. DAVIS.

plate provided with a raised rim, tliesn roar "Vitnrsses:

structions being shown in prior lmtrnts: but

What I claim is--- I). A. ELLSWORTH, Li M. Ilosm.

